The Arts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/mar/20/joan-miro-life-ladder-escape-tate


4/3/11 and 8/3/11
My kid could paint that
http://www.marlaolmstead.com/

Did Marla paint the paintings? Are the paintings art? If they are art, does it matter who painted them?

1/3/11
What are the knowledge issues in art?
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Homework due 11/3/11
Plato (428-348 BCE) believed that art weakens our ability to lead rational lives.
In 800 words, discuss this with reference to art and reason. Is Plato correct?
22/2/11
Continuing on from What is art, what is art 2?
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prisse-d-avennes-achille-constant-theodore-emile-wall-tiles-from-the-mihrab-of-the-mosque-of-cheykhoun.jpg

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jagat_narayana_vishnu_with_his_shakti_earth_goddess_hj72.jpg

18/2/11
What is art?

Is this art? Why or why not?

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Tracy Emin's bed Damian Hirst Diamond Skull

[Damian Hirst has a show in Hong KongDamien Hirst Forgotten Promises January 18 - March 19, 2011
7/F Pedder Building 12 Pedder Street Central Hong Kong T. 852.2151.0555 F. 852.2151.0853 hongkong@gagosian.com Hours: Tue-Sat 10-6]

Photograph "The Golden Haired Lass" by Oscar Marzaroli

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Le smoking (the clothes) by Yves St. Laurent



Sachiko Kodama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4

Muriel Gray and Iain Clark - the artist and the sitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_A4_ZV9s4

Sister Wendy on responding to art - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFVRXjrjAE&feature=bf_next&list=PLCEF6729025DD35C9&index=5

Vocabulary you used in talking about art

create;special feeling;5 senses;unique;decorative;design;showing-off;sends a message;expresses feeling;impact;emotion;mood;impression;culturally beautiful;underlying theme;sound+vision=more solid emotion